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No bail for Bathurst stabbing accused

A suspect in the robbery of a couple at the Bathurst toposcope last weekend remains in custody after his first appearance in the Port Alfred Magistrate’s Court today Thursday June 5. The incident shook the local community who petitioned…

Petition launched after Bathurst robbery arrest

Stabbing victim hospitalised after couple attacked at toposcope The Bathurst community has started a petition in a bid to ensure that a suspect arrested in connection with a vicious attack on a couple at the toposcope last weekend remains…

Plea after attack on security officer

Multi Security have urged anyone with information that could lead the arrest of the attackers of one of their officers to contact them. The company reported that one of their officers was brutally attacked while attending to an alarm…

Police said the incident happened at around 10.30pm on Friday.Image: Screengrab of video

Man stabs dog in unprovoked attack at guesthouse in Northern Cape

A 42-year-old man was arrested in Jan Kempdorp in the Northern Cape at the weekend in connection with the stabbing of a boerboel dog, police said. Police spokesperson Capt Sergio Kock said the incident happened at around 10.30pm on…

A Newton park resident was stabbed several times by alleged intruders at his home on Sunday morning.Image: SUHAIB SALEM

Two held after man stabbed in Newton Park house robbery

A Newton Park resident was stabbed several times on Sunday morning when two people broke into his home. The man was later taken to hospital, where he was treated for his injuries. As a result of swift action from the police, two suspects,…

The body of the 23-year-old law student was discovered on Thursday morning.Image: 123RF/Paul Fleet

Gauteng man stabbed to death in Kenton-on-Sea

An early morning jogger in Kenton-on-Sea made a grisly discovery on Wednesday December 23 – the body of a man stabbed to death in an apparent robbery. Police information on the incident was scanty. Provincial police spokeswoman Colonel…

National judo champion Preston Davids, 29, was stabbed to death in Bellville South.Image: Preston Davids/Facebook

‘Role model’ judo champ fatally stabbed in Bellville South

South African judo champion and would-be Olympian Preston Davids was stabbed to death in his childhood neighbourhood of Bellville South on Monday morning in an incident allegedly motivated by “jealousy”. Coach for the national judo…

Manhunt launched for Addo robbers

A manhunt has been launched to track, trace and arrest the two suspects who stabbed a private security officer in an attempted robbery at an entrance gate at the Addo National Park. According to the police report, it is alleged that the…

A woman was killed and her husband wounded during an attack at Hluleka Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape.Image: Wildcoast.co.za/hluleka

Wife stabbed to death‚ husband wounded at Hluleka Reserve on the Wild Coast

A woman was killed and her husband gravely wounded in a stabbing incident in the Hluleka Reserve‚ near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape‚ in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Independent sources within the emergency medical service‚ who spoke…

Shocking violent crime

Violent crime is mercifully rare in our municipal area, so it is shocking to hear about an incident as happened on June 5. No motive for the crime has been revealed at this stage, but a man was at his home in Nemato late at night when he…

Abducted and stabbed

Motive for late night attack unknown, say SAPS Three men and a woman have been arrested on charges of kidnapping and attempted murder after a 45-year-old Nemato man was abducted from his home late last Wednesday night (June 5), driven to…

Reaction Unit SA emergency workers attended to a 17-year-old pupil who was stabbed repeatedly at school on February 11 2019.Image: Reaction Unit

KZN pupil stabbed multiple times in school knife attack

A high school pupil was stabbed repeatedly following an alleged altercation with another teenager on the grounds of a school north of Durban on Monday morning. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Thulani Zwane told TimesLIVE a case of assault with…